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v@uitrit tetes 'stmtfffiraY nmovsMENT IN'PAPER coLLAns AND curr's Tin:mancuernas rtms'sor.

Divin A. Annan,V oF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS'.

Leners Param Na 59,938, and Nwe-mar 27,166.

SPECIFICATION- ".f

TO ALL IT MAY CONCERN: l W

Be it known that I, DAVID A. ALBEN, of Roxbury,in the county ofNorfolltnand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Paper Collars and Cuffs; and the Manufacture thereof; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full,V clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and tothe letters ofreference marked thereon:

In the manufacture of paper collars it has been a great desideratum togive that 4portion of the collars above what constitutes the neck bandan outward flare, so as to give the collar a proper set on the neck andjaws,if a standing collar, or, if a turn-down collar, to permit itsbeing turned down smoothly, leaving suilicient space between thestanding portion and the turned-down portion forthe reception 4of 'acravat or neck-tie. Attempts have been made to mould collars, cut fromplane paper by means of dies and pressurento the desired form to effectthese objects, but it has been found impractieable to give 'therequisite dare by such means. A similar flare is desirable in cuffs forladies wear.

My invention consists in making the collar or cuil` of the proper-shapeor conformation, directly from the pulp, so that no stretching,swedging, or moulding-,will be required after the paper fabric has beenformed.` I i effect this object by forming the paper fabricifrom whichthe collars or cuffs are to be cut upon a drum with its periphery soformed as to give the paper 4the necessary flareto produce the desiredset in the collar or cud'.

In the accompanying drawings, l

, Figure 71is a view of theA drum on which` the paper fabrici'is formeddirectly from the pulp, with one of a series of pressing rollers soformed as to meshinto the concave periphery ofthe drum, and press thepulp into a compact sheet so -corrugated as to producecollars withthe'requib'ite ilare Without moulding, stretching, stamping, orswedging. A is thel main drum -o n which the paper, fabric is formed,and A the axis upongwhich it rotates. B is one of the pressing rollers,and Bf its axis. It will b seen that the central portions of both thedrum and pressing'roller are cylindrical, while the sides or e'ndsareconical, fornii'ng a concavity in the periphery of the drum, and acorresponding convexity in the periphery of the pressing roller; so thatwhen a sheet of paper is formed on thedrum it willbe concave on one sideand convex on the other, having two angles or corrugations at a. and a.f f

Figure 1 is a section o f the sheet or strip of paperY as formed-on thedrum A..

Figures 2 and 3 are different style's of finished collars made inpursuance ofmy invention.

Figures 5 and 6 are different styles of ladies cuiis made in pursuanceof my invention;` and Figure 4 is a reversible culffalsovmadeinpursuance of my invention.

Thesheet or strip of paper formed on the drum A is of the proper .formand width to be divided in`its longitudinal centre, on line zz, fig. -1,forming two strips suitable to be cut into Haring collars, orforming adouble or reversible cuff, as shown in iig. 4, without severing. Afterthe paper fabric has been formed directly from the pulp on drum A, it isto' be finished by passing overV another drum and under other rollers,precisely as planepaper is finished, except that every drum and rollerover or under which it passes is to be formed like` the drum and rollerA and B` In short, the whole process of manufacturing the paper, fromthebeginning to the end, is the same as on other cylinder machines,except that the drums and rollers over,'under, aud between which itpasses, are to be made concave and convex, as shown in fig. 7. Hence itis deemed `unnecessary to.

give any description of any other part of the machine for themanufacture of this paper, except the form of said drums and rollers. oWhenthesheet of paper formed on said drum A, as shown in fig. 1,`h asbeen severed into two strips by cutting on the line :c x, iig. 1, saidstrips are 'to be cut into the proper lengths for collars l or cus,trimmed4 into the desired shape, the button` holes cut, and imitationstitches, hems, or embroidery stamped or embossed thereon, byanysuitable means, and the flaring portion of a collar may be turneddown on any desired line to produce a turn-down collar. The paper may bepolished, glazed, or enamelled, by any known processes, either in themachine or after being removed therefrom.

In this application I do not claim the machine on which the paper 4isproduced, nor any part thereof, nor do I claim any particulanmode, ofcutting, stamping, or embossing the collars, or of glazing, polishing,cr enamelling the paper; but what I do claim as my invention, and desireto secure -by Letters Patent, is

1. The method herein described of manufacturing daring paper collarsandcu's by forming paper directly Afrom the pulp so corrugated that it maybe cutiuto collars or cuffs with the requisite dare, without subsequentmoulding,- swedging, or stretching, substantially as described.

2. I also claim, as a new article of manufacture, a. Haring paper collaror cuff, in which the'are @produced by the'form give@ to-the paper inits mauufactlire from the pulp, substantially as described-. l yi 3. Ialso claim, 'asa new article of mfaufacture, papelrgo formed andcorrugated. initsmaunfature from the plp that it may be cuty into Haringcollars 011 cuffs, substantially as'. described.

' D. A. ALBEN. ff Witnesses: '7 I* Jos. L. CoQMBs, i'

EDM. F. BROWN.

